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The publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock , L Vir4!. e nn+ WITH WHICH THE c' TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON : THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1838. The weekly average of the price of wheat, pub lished to-day, is 665. 4d. or 11d. higher than last week. The price, then, is again looking up, which supplies an answer to a statement in Blackwood's Magazine just published. The writer there says— " The apprehensions recently entertained of scarcity and high prices may be considered as in a great degree dispelled, and with them the pressure which it was expected would have been brought to bear next winter upon the landed interest." He halloos too soon, for his clients are not yet out of the wood. It appears by the Table of Averages for the week, that the price in London is 675., in Guildford 775. 7d. The dis tance between these two places is thirty miles, there is an easy conveyance betwixt them, and the difference of 10s. 7d. between the price at the two places is therefore to be attributed to the different quality of the corn. Much of the 5,344 quarters sold in the London market was no doubt of an inferior quality, while the 675 quarters sold in Guildford were all of an average quality. The inference, therefore, is that for good wheat the price now is not less than 775. per quarter, or almost A famine price. In Cumberland, too, we see the price is 775. per quarter on 370 quarters ; while the average price for all Warwickshire, the seat of one of our most important manufactures, on 1,222 quarters, including the inferior, was 725. 10d. Now, with our gold standard and very limited Bank of England circulation, we are en titled to say that we ought to add one-fourth to the 725., to institute a just comparison between prices now and during the existence of the Bank restriction, which would make the present price of wheat, calculated in the currency of 1814, 90s. the quarter. But 90s. the quarter, during the war, was a famine price, and to have it now, or what is equal to it, while our manu factures are everywhere exposed to the most intense com petition, is for us a full assurance, unless we could sup pose that the manufacturers meant to lie down and perish, that the landowners will be very severely pressed upon this winter. The writer in Blackwood tells us, also, that, in 1835, the average price of wheat for the year was 395. 4d., and that the average of the five years ending 1838 was 48s. The average at present, tested by the latter, is 37 per cent. higher, tested by the for mer, is very nearly 70 per cent. higher than in 1835. But within the last few months the average cif all places has been 735., which is nearly 100 per cent. higher than the average of 1835, and very nearly 50 per cent. higher than the average of the five years. Fur ther, it is to be remarked that, within these three months, corn has been sold in Nottingham and Wake field at 88s. per quarter, which is 110 per cent. higher than the average of 1834, and nearly 80 per cent. higher than the average of the five years. Now we apprehend that such terrible variations of price within such short periods, and in a coun try possessing great facilities of communication distinctly prove that the corn trade is subject to alarm ing fluctuations, which inflict the most serious injury on all those who live on wages, and introduce extraor dinary fluctuations in the value of all property. Such an important fact, even if the price of corn were not to rise any higher than at present, and we believe that after Christmas, if not before, it will rise very consider ably, is quite sufficient, unless the manufacturers con sist only of doomed madmen, to cause a very serious pressure next winter on the landed interest. The price of the last five years, and the price of 1835, will be too fresh in the recollection of the labouring classes to make them contented with the prices of the winter of 1838. They will not compare the present year with the high prices of the war, but with the low prices, to which the landlords refer as a proof of the utility of the Corn-laws, of the last few years. We are, therefore, clearly of opinion that a very severe and well-merited attack will, during the next session of Parliament be made upon the Devil's laws, and under that conviction we shall subject the laboured defence of them which appears in the present number of Black wood to an examination in a future article. From a wish to make our readers acquainted with all that is urged for and against a war with Russia, we have given insertion in our columns of this day to a long incoherent article from the Asiatic Journal upon the question, with a stupid commentary upon it from the leading columns of the Morning Chronicle We never thought highly of the Chronicle's sagacity upon questions of Foreign policy, and our estimate of its worth is not likely to be raised by seeing it publish .articles which have all the marks of Russian diplomatic manufacture, with the exception of the readiness, the ability, and the art to mislead, which distinguish from spurious imitations all documents emanating from the accredited agents of the CZAR. A cursory observer might be led to mistake the shallow sophisms of the Chronicle, put forth to hood-wink the British people, for extracts from the diplomatic notes addressed by Russia to England when first attempting to gain a footing on the eastern shore s of the Cas p ian ! The Times accuses the Ministers of being resolved to preserve their places by sacrificing the Irish Church. We wish the accusation were true. Th a t Church is the greatest political nuisance in the empire, and if the Ministers have really resolved to abate it, they will deserve the support of all rational politicians. We b e lieve, too, that they will receive the support o f seven-eighths of the Irish, three-fourths of the Scotch, and more than half the English. If we saw them setting zealously to work to put an end to that Church, the bare suspicion of which has thrown the Tories into a fever, and placing the living priests for small pensions on the Consolidated Fund, or letting them rely, like the Catholic priests, on the zeal of their flocks, we should be disposed to give them a cordial and zealous support. For the Times, it now seems enough! to justify every enormity that it can be called Protestant ; and because the Irish Church is Protes tant, the Ministers, and all wh o propose to abate the THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1838. nuisance, are called traitors to Protestantism, and enemies to our Protestant Constitution. There are some social evils which no Ministers, and no Govern ment can remedy, as, for example, the excessive poverty and ignorance of the Irish peasantry ; but the Church of Ireland is an evil created by Parliament ; it would have no existence but for its decrees, and as the experience of more than 200 years has demonstrated that it is a source of enormous and unadulterated evil, the Parliament is bound to strangle its own misbegot ten offspring. To defend it because it is Protestant is to heap disgrace and dishonour on Protestantism. The first duty of the QUEEN and of the QusEN's Ministers is to promote the public welfare. That over-rules all their other duties, and if the Protestant Church of Ireland stand in the way of the public welfare,—as who can doubt that it does ?—both the QUEEN and the Ministers are bound to put it down. What the Times says about the Marquis of HEAD FORT and the Ministers betraying their Mistress, is puerile nonsense, such as terror is very likely to extort from a frightened bully. The attention of the public, as the only real pro tectors of the working classes, for Justices of the Peace and Parson Magistrates are their enemies and persecutors, will be worthily bestowed on the case of JOHN WILLIAMS, which appears in our Paper to day, copied from the Shrewsbury Chronicle. To re quire bail from a working man to the amount of 2001., is equivalent to a sentence of imprisonment for life, and is a manifest and palpable violation of the Bill of Rights. To require such bail would be highly re prehensible in the Rev. Mr. EVORS if WILLIAMS had committed some gross offence, but when the amount of his offence is a little drunken swagger towards an ob noxious police officer, the conduct of the Rev. Gentle man seems a great deal more improper than that of WILLIAMS. Such a proceeding is well calculated to bring the whole administration of the law into con tempt ; and we trust Lord JOHN RUSSELL will step in and rescue WILLIAMS from the Parson's tyranny, and the law itself from the scandal with which he has branded it. It is stated by Mr. LIARDET, in his report on the state of the peasantry at Herne-hill, &c., that the rental of that parish is 3,3001. a-year, and that the Vicar is the only resident gentleman in the parish. On one meritorious individual, who has raised himself from the condition of a labouring man to a most re• spectable position, falls the whole burden of the se cular concerns of the parish. In it, though the rental is 3,3001. a year, there are one Sunday school and three others, in only one of which is writing taught ; the two others are merely dame schools, the largest of which, as well as the Sunday school, are chiefly sup ported by the Vicar. Now, such a description of what the receivers of the 3,3001. a-year perform for the in struction of the parish, reflects no credit on the land owners. Mr. LIARDET says, that his description of this one parish may be taken as a correct specimen of the general condition of the peasantry of Kent, at least of a district not less than 25 miles in length from one .extremity to the other ; and as it has, within a few days, fallen to our lot to see something similar in a different part of the country, we wish to confirm his statement. In a different part of Kent, a few days ago, a stable was broken into, and two guns stolen, with other articles of less importance. Had such an event taken place in Ireland the state-of-the-country journals would have harped on it for a week, as an indication of a deep-laid Ribbon plot ripening into rebellion, and a small army of police would have been calttd into re quisition, to apprehend the offenders. In Kent such things pass unnoticed ; and the property having been stolen from ladies, who dread the expense of a prose cution, and naturally shrink from the possibility of being dragged into a Court, no energetic means have been, or can be, employed to apprehend the thieves. Now, in the parish where this occurred there is not one resident landlord, whose property is of any extent, and the only Justice of the Peace is the Clergyman. Both his character and situation preclude him from taking any active part as an instrument of police, and he could neither advise nor promote any measure for finding out the culprits. They are left unmolested. The parish consists, we believe, of about 4,000 acres, and contains upwards of a thousand inhabitants ; and the only officer of justice amongst them, besides the Clergyman, is a decrepid worn-out constable. Thus the landowners provide no means whatever for the security of property or persons, the former of which is plundered almost with impunity. To protect themselves,ithe farmer and tenants have formed a sort of prosecuting union ; and, taking it turn and turn about, they perambulate their farms at night, and watch over the safety of their homes and their families. Besides paying a high rent, which, when given to the feudal Baron, provided a police ; and tithes, which, when given to the Roman Catholic priest, kept the poor, and provided education for their own children ; besides paying heavy taxes to the State for defraying the expense of Government, they have to burden themselves with all the onerous duty of the police, or run the risk of many nightly depredations. This is generally the case, we are afraid, in the rural districts of England, the landowners of which levy on us a heavy tax by the starvation laws, and then desert their duty and their estates. They have taken no pains whatever to provide, by new regulations, for the changes which have taken place in the condition of society. Their people are almost everywhere grossly neglected ; nothing is done either to instruct them, or to provide, by a suitable administration, for the pro tection of property ; and the once happy rural districts of England are now filled with ignorance, vice, and crime. The landlords stands self-condemned. By a clause in most of the leases they grant, they provide that all the straw grown on the land shall be carried out to manure it, and none of it shall be carried off the land ; but they carry away the corn, and leave the people to hunger, and the land to decay. If there be only half a dozen other districts like that of Herne hill, and the one we have spoken of, destitute of landed gentry, and destitute of all efficient means both of administering the law and educating the people, the metropolitan police must be extended all over die country. The farmers will require protection and relief from the trouble of perambulating the parish themselves, and the whole country will say that the landlords ought to be taxed, to provide the means of security. Let us take the opportunity of reminding our readers that the landlords, who so grievously neglect all their duties except that of collecting their rents, are the great authors of the Game-laws. To find them amusement on their estates, and tempt them to reside there, as is said, hundreds and thousands of persons were annually committed to gaol for infringing those laws. Thus they demoralised the peasantry, whom they desert and neglect. Their conduct on these two points, and on the Poor-laws, which they perverted, ought to have convinced the public that there never was a class of men who so little deserved public approbation and public support as the law making landlords. Yet these impudent quacks are al lowed to tax our bread and to starve the people, to maintain their state. It is not a little edifying to observe with what savage if.rotpanderers to the depraved taste of " e ory ci.Y theismp publi c ounce upon any Churchman who happens to fall into that greatest of all heresies in the eyes of a gennine son of the Church—charity. Any other sin, venial or mortal, may be forgiven, but if a clergyman more especially if he be a Bishop—be found guilty of holding communion with any man who is not within the pale of the Church, as by law established, he is regarded as one that " is worse than an infidel, and that has denied the faith." The beauty of it is, that in the same page in which the most virulent abuse is poured forth against all Clergymen who pollute their eyes by looking upon a Dissenter, we are sure to find , a fulsome encomium on the meek, humble, and tolerant spirit of the Anglican system of religion. For our own part, we think that much good results to the cause of true religion from those tirades against its professors—not merely professors of its theory, which any hypocrite may be, but evidencers of its practical in fluence on the heart and life—because the real spirit of Church of Englandism is thus set forth in a strong light, and placed, even to the most unreflecting, i n glaring contrast with the spirit of Christianity. How pregnant with instruction, in this view, is the persecution which the Tory Press has lately set on foot against two of the most distinguished Prelates on the Episcopal Bench, the Bishops of DURHAM and NORWICH. Day after day are these learned, pious, and excellent men subjected to the grossest abuse in the columns of the Tory Journals. And why ? What is the cause of all this envenomed hostility ? These Right Reverend Prelates have shown that they can rise above those narrow and sectarian views which it is the tendency of an Establishment to foster in the minds of its Ministers, and can appreciate, even in a Dissenting Minister, those qualities which in every other man are held in the highest estimation. The Rev. Mr. TURNER, who has presided over the Unitarian congregation at Newcastle for upwards of fifty years, a man of high attainments and exemplary character, is about to publish a volume of practical sermons. To this publication the Bishops of DURHAM and NORWICH are said have subscribed. This is the " head and front of their offending," and for this they deserve, in the opi nion of all thorough-going Church of Englaudists, to be thrust not only without the pale of the Establish ment, but of Christianity itself. No sound son of the Church can think of such a profanation without a shudder. That a Bishop should so far forget himself as to give the go-by, even for a moment, to the princi ples of Mother Church, and adopt those of the New Testament, is not to be endured. Had the Prelates re ferred to subscribed to hundreds of volumes of sermons by Unitarian, Arminian, Calvinistic, or Popish Minis ters within the Church—of all which sorts there is no lack—all would have been as it ought ; but to give the sanction of their names to the publication of the effusions of the Dissenting pulpit, is a crime of too deep a dye to be expiated by any punishment short of deprivation. How different a thing is heresy with in and without the pale But let us see if we cannot find a precedent for this li beral and truly Christian conduct on the part of the Right Reverend Prelates, for precedents, we know, are of infinitely greater force with your thick-and-thin Church men than any arguments. Dr. NATHANIELLARDNER is a well-known Unitarian author—the ablest and most celebrated of the modern professors of that doc trine. To the first edition of his collected works published in 1788, a list of subscribers was prefixed, in which list will be found, besides a host of minor dignitaries, the names of the following Bishops—CAR LISLE, CHESTER, EXETER, GLOUCESTER, LIN COLN, LLANDAFF, LONDON, SALISBURY, ST• ASAPII, and WINCHESTER! To this, it may be added, that even at Oxford, some portions of the works of this arch-heretic used to be recommended to the students of theology, for their perusal, by the Professors. We are not sure, indeed, that the " Cre dibility of the Gospel History" was not made a sort of text-book at that University. The whole of the Paris Journals of Tuesday have been received. The St. Petersburgh Correspondent of the Courrier Francais writes as follows to that re spectable Journal, in a letter dated the 15th ult.:— " Two aides-de-camp of the Emperor, charged by his Ma jesty with Cabinet missions, left to-day for Odessa, whence one of those Generals is to proceed immediately to Constan tinople. Three couriers have been despatched from the Bri tish Embassy in the course of the last 48 hours. The affairs of Turkey have assumed a turn totally unexpected by Russia, and it is even rumoured that an English squadron is about to enter the Dardanelles. The Emperor is determined on ob taining a categorical explanation from the Sultan, and has accordingly prescribed the greatest activity in the organization of the southern army and of that of Bessarabia, and of the corps of embarkation and of the fleet of the Black Sea. It is highly probable that if England be bold enough to order her fleet into the Bosphorus, the Egyptian army will immediately in vade Anatolia, where the Turks cannot oppose any serious re sistance. Be these statements correct, or the contrary, this conflict will be only deferred ; things cannot go en as they do much longer in peace, and although Russia is not desirous at present of a rupture, yet sooner than lose her position she would prefer engaging in a war. The intelligence from the Caucasus has complicated affairs, not so much on account of any defeat sustained by the Russian troops, as because it has been ascertained that succours are regularly forwarded to the insurgents from Constantinople, Sinope, and Trebizond, by the English and their agents, which may indefinitely prolong the resistance of the Circassians, and even kindle the flame of insurrection in Georgia. The Tcherkeses have among them a number of European officers. who have been of the greatest service to them ; and the Priuces who might have been induced to treat with the Cabi net would now be afraid to enter into any negotiation of the kind, for they would, in so doing, expose themselves to cer tain death. On the other band, the blockade, which is more injurious to the trade of the Russian merchants than to the insurgents, and is attended with enormous expense, cannot be continued during the inclement season, which will interrupt the coasting trade, or the forwarding of British succours. The a rmy of the Kuban and the Cossacks have been thrice re-organized, and as yet Russia has not been able to muster a competent force in that important quarter. The Generals will again be changed without any result. This war is a real cancer for the empire. The Envoy of the United States, appointed before the last j ►urney of the Emperor, will set out in a few days. The Cabinet is most anxious to obtain a new treaty, and attaches the greatest importance to bring over to its side the Ameri cans, and to form a solid alliance with those masters of the new world, to enable Russia to domineer over the old hemi sphere. It wishes besides to injure England, and involve her in difficulties on that side, and the measures adopted since the issuing of the ukase respecting the Northern Ocean afford sufficient evidence of its intention. The belief in a war between England and Russia is general in Paris. The only question is as to the moment of its commencement. That it would give new life to Lord MELBOURNE'S Cabinet, is the pre vailing Opinion everywhere. The Tories, it is said, wish to delay the coinDiencement of hostilities till after the meeting of Parliament, that they may have an opportunity of regaining the reins of Government as a War Ministry. Passing over these rumours, and an hundred others equally vague, . we extract f rom t h e leading columns of the Courr i er Fra nca i s t h e best article in the Journals before us, on th e i mportant question of the hostile manifestations of England and Russia in the East : The London journals accuse the Parisian Press with having designedly envenomed the character of the differences which have lately sprung up between Great Britain and Rus sia. According to them France has an i nterest in this war, and it only waits a favourable moment to pass th e R hine and the Alps. It is with that object we wish to push matters to a rupture. Frenchmen wer ePossesaed with this warlike ardour, it must be owned that we would have If, indeed, we found the two rival Cabinets very ready_ to answer th e appeal. well-judged what has Even before the commentaries of the French Pre-,34 could have reached the Indian presidencies we learn that military move ments have commenced. Must we be found fault with for } . in,e of its French a seco nd ~as the provokers of journalistsba‘in g foreseen is happened. time a quarrel, we applaud the energy an d the decision which the has demonstrated in the East. A tliat th w e -e se h e a v v e e n w ts e . At the risk of passing English Government ,i.t the first new 7, of the siege of Herat it recalled its Minister from the Court of Persia, and renewing the same coup de main by which France obtained possession of Ancona, it occupied Bushire, where the British flag offers a rallying pc,i4t to the discontented. Soon after learning that 10,000 Russians or Georgians are united on the southern coast of the Caspian sea and recognising the concealed hand tl - :kt bad :14 the Persian army into motion, it ha a decided on taking the offensive, arid of meeting its adversaries half way. " Letters from Bombay announce that 5,000 Russians marched on Caboul to support the Persian army so unfortu nare at Herat. This intelligence, which is most probably premature, has made a great impression at London, where, at the same moment, it is said that the Burmese, stirred up by Russian spies, are prepared to invade Bengal, and that the old allies of England were attacked by the hordes of Nepaul. " This combination of aggressive movements has been, no doubt, prepared by Russian policy, with the hope that the conquest of Herat would give it a place of strength and a base of operations. Bat the instrument of this plan, the Shah of Persia, having failed before Herat, it is not at all pro bable that he can recover from that check on a point two hundred leagues distant, without provisions, with out allies, and in a difficult and inimical country. Whe ther the danger be imminent or prospective, the English are prepared at every side. They send troops of observation on the borders of Nepaul. Troops are assembled at the other side of the Ganges to chastise the Burmese; and 5,000 men from Bombay, and 25,000 from Bengal, march upon Caboul, Candahar, and Herat, in concert with the soldiers of Runjeet Singh, who has been associated with English interests by a re cent treaty. Whatever may arise, this confederation, which is thus formed in India under English protection, is a great event. All the Princes and Khans from Persia to the Ganges will repel those Asiatic hordes that press at the instigatio❑ t,f Russia on the north, the west, and east, while Russia advances at the same time her army to take part at the decisive mo ment. The people who follow the English flag belong to the several parts of that great empire, and they multiply its force and its defence by the facility which they give of sending assistance on the instant to any threatened point. England in taking the offensive has a great advantage on its side, namely, the striking the imagination of the Asiatic people by the vigour of its operations, and convincing them that its power has as much force as extent, she will demonstrate the weakness of Russia, by marching against its allies, before Russia is in a condition to sustain them. The day will come, no doubt, when Russian policy renewing the prodigies of Tamerlane, can pre. cipitate in India, its inexhaustible hordes which the desert now conceals, but that day has not yet arrived, and the presence of a European army on the road to Candahar, ought to revive the impressions of strength and power which, we must admit, is the safeguard of nations. As to Europe, in general—all that it can see in this is war. Though England and Russia may not come to blows this campaign, the rupture between these nations is not the less assured. Diplomacy will do all it can to retard the shock of these two colossal powers ; our convic tion is that it cannot long prevent it." _ _ CP • There is no domestic news of general interest in these Papers. Some sham republican plots have been discovered, but we are assured that they are mere con trivances of the police. We announced yesterday, according to our private corre spondent from Spain, that Maroto was proceeding to Villa• nueva de Mina. The Christino journals confirm this news, adding that the Royalist General is preparing to besiege the fort, and for this purpose he has had a numerous train of artillery brought to Balmaseda. The mail from Madrid has not arrived for these two days. This delay is supposed to be owing to the presence of the Royal Chief Forcadell on the road of Saragossa. He seems to have 3,000 men under his command. A journal announces that several distinguished officers of the French navy have died of the yellow fever on board the squadron blockading the coast of Mexico. This deplorable circumstance proves how wrong it was in the Ministry not to send at once to that Court the commanding force which it has found necessary to send since. The proper season for terminating the affair has been lost. It is utterly unheard of that a power like France should not, after an in terval of eight months, yet put an end to a little difference which, through the unskilfulness of our rulers, might be at tended with serious consequences.—Gazette de France, Oct. 30. The Grand Duchess Dowager of Mecklenburg will leave Paris on the Bth of next month, to return to Germany. The Duke and Duchess Mary of Wurtemburg will go to-morrow to Fontainbleau, and in a few days afterwards to Germany. We hear that Princess Mary is employed on a statue of Char lotte Corday, to be a companion to that of Joan of Arc, which is also a work of her Royal Highness's chisel. The Spanish Ambassador had a long conference this morning with the President of the Council.—Le Commerce. BRUSSELS, OCT. 28.—Mr. F. Debat, Prussian Consul at Ostend, has just failed for a pretty considerable sum. A banking house at Brussels sutlers a great loss by it. M. Dieu donne, employed in the Cabinet of the Minister of Finance, and Mr. Dujudin, Secretary-General to the Department of Finance, arrived at Antwerp on the 26th, on board the Princess Victoria steam-boat from London. As soon as they landed they set out for Brussels by the iron railroad. OCT. 29.—We have been waiting with a mixture of cu riosity and anxiety for the Itloderateur, a Journal of Mons, hoping that it would give us minute and authentic details of the explo sion of powder mills, at Hornu, and our disappointment is great at finding only a small portion of the account of the Brussels Journals. The following are the chief particulars that we have received from Mons : It is supposed that the explosion commenced in the manu factory, and was communicated successively to the two nearest magazines. 20,000 kilogrames (40,0001bs )of powder, blew up. 15,000 kilogrames were ready to be delivered to the Go vernment. Eleven workmen perished, parts of their limbs were found at the distance of 509 yards. The establishment, and even the - surrounding walls are destroyed, yet the steam engine is preserved, and the chimney standing, but shaken and cracked. In all the surrounding villages, the windows were broken and the greater part at Mons, which is two leagues off. The loss was estimated at 240,000 francs. It is said that an Englishman, two ladies, and two servants, who left the Royal Hotel before 4 o'clock, and being on the road in their travelling carriage, opposite the powder-mills, at the moment of the explosion, disappeared, and that no trace of them has yet been found. A postillion, who was time quar ters of a league of, was thrown off his horse into the ditch by the road side, but was able to reach Mons in the evening. An enormous beam was thrown above a league, and piles of iron were found at the gates of Mons. FRENCH FUNDS.—Paats, OcuSER 30. Five per , 109 f. 90c. Kx... 95c. Three per Cents., SIC 49c. 45c. 41:c. Bank Actions, 2,669 E A.crite sae Naples, 101 f. 30c. 50c. 6.;c. 70c. 60c. Roman Five per Cents., 103% Spanish Actives, IS 17%. Belgian Five per Cents., 1034. Belgian Bank, 1,4L0f. 1,417 E 50c. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents. 20%. Haytiati Loan, 375 f uactiallort ON LONDON. One month, p, - .l;er, —f —e. : money, 25f. 40c Three months, paper, :25f. 27bzp. : money, 25 , . 271 1 ,0, LATEST PRICES. Five per Cents. 109 f. 90c. Three per Cents., gif. 40c. Bank Actions, '2,060f. Romans, 103.).c,. Belgian Loan, 103. Belgian Bank, 1,447 f. 50c. Spanish Actives, 173, Haytian Loan. :375f. GUN-MAKER TO HER MAJESTY.—Since her Majesty's Accession various have been the appointments made among her numerous tradesmen, and certainly one of the most novel is that of gun-maker—but so it is. Her Majesty, if not exactly acquainted with the various arts and sciences, is pre sumed at least to be the patroness and promoter of all ; and, acting on this principle of liberality, she has, quite unsolicited, appointed Mr. Samuel Nock, of 43, Regent-circus, her gun. maker. Though ladies do not sport such articles, no doubt the hard-hitting Rangers of the several forests will take ad vantage of the best rifle. A wag has remarked that Mr. Nock has been selected from among the other eminent gun-makers because, in the event of a war with the Russians, his guns will be sure to knock them down THEATRE ROYAI:I3U BLIN.—On Saturday even ing the performance was by command of their Excellencies the Lord Lieutenant and the Marchioness of Normanby, who proceeded to the theatre in state. The house was exceedingly crowded in every part, and numbers were unable to obtain ad mission. The tragedy of Macbeth was played, Mr. Kean performing the part of Macbeth, and Mr. Calcraft that of Macduff. The tragedy was followed by the farce of Catching an Heiress, in which Messrs. Rees, Chute, and Miss Daly appeared in the leading characters. The evening passed over in harmony, and the Vice-regal party, greeted by the cheers of the audience, retired from the theatre with the same cere mony as they entered.—Dublin Evening Post. Yesterday morning at three o'clock, loud cries of " Murder" were heard to issue from the roof of the house No. 15, Eccleston-street, Pimlico. Inspector Moran, of the B division, with two police constables, upon going to the spot, discovered a man in a state of nudity, sitting on the parapet of the house, and amusing himself by throwing the tiles about him in all directions. The police immediately went into the house, and it was then ascertained that the unfortunate man, whose name is John Mackman, had lived there for some time, and had latterly been suffering from an affection of the brain. He had arisen from his bed and threatened to murder the whole of the inmates of the house. He had afterwards made his way to the top of the premises, where he fell among the brick. , and chimney -pots, bruising himself in the most dreadful manner. The inspector and his men had the greatest diffi culty in securing him, and one of the police constables was in imminent danger of being tbrown over the parapet. It was not until his arms and legs were strapped down securely, that he was enabled to he consigned to the custody of his friends. A BOON AND:A We hail the reception of a Charter of Incorporation by Manchester," says the Glas gow 'via , "as another step in the diffusion of local self_ government. Ministers, having thus conferred an undeniable b en efit on Manchester, are proceeding, in conformity with their usual see-saw policy, to confer—something else upon it. The Gazette of Tuesday last contains the announcement that o n the first vacancy cater in the Seca of St. 4saph or Bangor, these Sees are to . Le united, and Manch ester erected into a bishopric, w i t hin tile province of Y or k. Ministers' says the Manchester Times, whenever they accede to a public demand, have always some sop to throw to those who are on posed to it. They have an ingenious knack of displeasing their friends without conciliating their enemies. Manchester wants no bishop, and they know i s, " FATAL ACCIDENT IN A COAL MINE. On Thursday last the roof in one of the coal-pits, belonging to Mr. Knowles. at Darc y Lever, partially gave way, and - fe ll upon ?, ma n named John 13 u ll oug h , who was working near t'7e place. His fellow-workm en got to him almost imme diately afterwards, but he was quite dead. —Manchester Guardian. TIIE CHARTISTS. —At Ashton-under-Lyne on Tuesday evening last, the Radicals held a meeting, for the purpose of adopting the best means for carrying the late de monstration at Kersal Moor into effect. The chair was occu pied semi after eight o'clock. It was, amongst other things, stated, that money was required to carry on the war against the Whigs and Tories. GUILDHALL.-(THIS DA Y.) MATRIMONIAL SQUABBLES. —.Tones Anderson, and a female named Condo:, were charged b the husband of the latter with having robbed him. The complainant, however, said he did not wish to press the charge, but to get his property and his wife again. Mr. Alderman KELLY—What has Anderson done ? Com plainant—l found the things in his place, but I only want my wife and things again. The Wife—You shall have both.—( Laughter. ) Mr. Alderman KELLY—What has Anderson to do with it? Anderson--,She came once or twice, and demanded to sleep where I was. I don't know what she brought. Mr. Alderman KELLY—Are you a married man ? Ander son—Yes; but my wife is not at home at present. The prisoners were then discharged. BOW-STREET.-(TII1S DAY.) William Wood, of Marchmont-street, driver of cabriolet 431, and wearing 3,104 badge, was brought up by Knight, a constable of the F division, who stated that he found him at one o'clock this morning in state of intoxication driving his cab furiously through Chancery-lane. The defendant did not deny the charge, and after the owner of the vehicle produced his license, Mr. MINSHL'LL inquired if any damage had been done to the horse or cab? The proprietor said none whatever. Mr. MINSHULL ordered the defendant to pay a fine of 205., and in default a month's imprisonment, with directions that the conviction should be endorsed on the back of the license. MARYLEBONE-(THIS DAY.) A Prussian, named Lunsch, was placed at the bar, before Mr. HosKiNs. charged with having stolen two valuable pistols from Elvis Wache, a fellow-countryman, with whom he rp sided. Wache, having been sworn, stated that he became ac quainted with the prisoner about three weeks ago, and in con sequence of his being much distressed at the time, he allowed him to sleep in his lodgings. When he returned home last night he found two pistols, which were the property of his master, the Count Taaffe, had been stolen. From informa tion which he received he went to the house of a German named Henry Epping, residing in Portland-street, Soho, who told him he had lent the prisoner 31., and received the pistols as a deposit. _ _ A constable stated he arrested Lunsch this 'morning, on board the Harlequin Hamburgh steamer, and when searched he found seven counterfeit sovereigns in his pocket, with 21. ss. in good coin. The prisoner, through an intepreter, said he purchased the seven medals, which the policeman called sovereigns, for 6d. in Regent-street ; and acknowledged that he had taken the pistols from Wache, but said it was with the intention of re turning them.—He was fully committed for trial. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HUNGERFORD MARKET. Supplies of most kinds to a fair extent, and prices remain much as last quoted; a fair business done. Fish—Turbot, 7s. to 255. and 30s. Soles, Is. 6d. to 3s. and 4s. per pair, for good. Lobsters, Is. 6d. to 4s. 6d. Meat—Beef, 74d. to 81d. and 9d. Mutton, lid. to 8/d. Veal, Bd. to 9 5 d. Pork, 73-d. to Bfcl. A fair supply of Vegetables at reasonable prices, aid Hay and Clover remain as b,.fore. CITY FISH MARKET. Supplies were scarce again to-day, except of Cod. Tur bot, 6s. and 75. to 255. and 305.; Soles, 9d. and ls. to 3s. 6d. per pair; Lobsters, ls. 6d. to ss. for good ; Cod, ls. 6d. to 10s. and 125.; Salmon, as high as 4s. per lb. ; Whiting, 4d. to Bd. ; Haddock, 6d. to 10d. In St. Peter's-alley, Corn. hill, we saw a fine show of Dogger-bank Cod, Gloucester Salmon, and Turbot. HAY MARKETS. • Supplies but moderate, still the demand continues good. Prices much as before. Hay, Bes. to 105 s ; Clover, 1003. to 126 s ; Straw, 325. to 429. per load. DRIED FRUIT MARKET. At public sale Prunes in chests, half-chests, and small and quarter barrels, fetch 589., boxes in cases of 10 each 755. ; cartons 955. to 10,03. up to 148 s. ; half-cartons, 100 s. to 105 s. ; quarter-cartons, 1023. to 1083. ; Damaged Valentian Raisins, 355. to 375. ; damaged Denias, 28s. ; damaged Muscatels, 545. to 655. SPIRIT MARKET. But little doing in Rum, and the stock is small, being 13,089 puns. and 992 hhds. Proof Leewards cannot now be sold higher than 3s. Good Jamaicas 4s. 7d., and fine ss. The general runs of Cognac Brandy are 45., which is an unaltered, quotation. British Corn Spirits 10s. 2d., and Geneva Is. 10d. to Is. 11d. OIL MARKET. The consumption of most descriptions of Oil, except the fine sorts, is now very limited, owing to such an extensive consumption of Gas. Although Tallow is so high, prices of all kinds of Oil, except Sperm, are uncertain, and little better than nominal ; Cocoa Nut Oil at public sale fetches 475. to 475. 6d per cwt. TALLOW MARKET. Although the advices yesterday from St. Petersburgh state a fall of several rubles in Tallow, yet as so much has been given for the Tallow now held, it declines very reluctantly, and we quote it to-day at 533. ad. for P. Y. C. COLONIAL MARKET. _ _ Very little doing in either East or West India produce, but this is not unusual for the month of November. British Plan tation Sugar is in very languid demand, but cannot be quoted lower. The conflicting accounts received yesterday from the West Indies relative to the negroes working, has been without effect on the market. Refined goods went slowly, at easier prices. Double Crushed, under lock, is nominal, at 355. per cwt. Coffee, 91 casks, 151 bags, and 29 barrels British Plantation sold steadily at previous quotations. Tea is in good demand at profits on sale prices, and so is Indigo. The chief public sales to-day are drugs; for to-morrow we have public sales of 1,500 bales Surat Cotton, and 260 Madras ; 1,095 bags Manilla Sugar, and 130 casks of Barbadoes ; 500 boxes Cassia Lignea, 1,300 bags Ginger, 1,150 bags Ceylon Coffee, and 300 admissible at the 9cl. per lb. duty, besides 61 bags Manilla Rice. The Imports are light to-day. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, OCT. 31. The sales to-day amount to 5,000 bags, for which vester. day's prices were readily obtained. The greatest steadinets prevails amongst the large holders, who have the fate of our market entirely in their hands for some time hence. 300 Surat, 40. to sd. ; .150 Maranham, Bd. to 81-d. ; 50 Bahia, ; 4,500 American, 6d. to Bd. ;—Total 5,000. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK. Arrivals this morning. —French and Ostend MaPs, Ship_ letters from Manilla. South America, Antigua, Malaga, and Gambia ; St. Petersburgh, by the Sirius. Extract from Hobart Town Papers to the 30th June : " In our Journal the week before last, we supplied our readers with an abstract of the colonial rever ua of Van Diemen's Land, for the first quarter of the year, 1838, compared with that of the corresponding quarter for the year 1837. As far as the in ternal industry and commerce of the colony are concerned, the colonists have every reason to be amply satisfied, for the excess of the revenue for the quarter, amounts to 2,0001., but when we come to look at the falling off of the land revenue, the co lonists have, indeed, reason to regret the imprudent measures pursued by the British Government with respect to the saleof land. " In the general total there is a decrease of upwards of 5,0001. The result of the whole is a deficiency in the Revenue of 5,1901., so that it is very certain that either the local Govern ment must draw upon the British Treasury, or that our ex penses must be curtailed." This day being a holiday both at the Bank and Stock Ex change, causes a dullness in the City. Seveml brokers are in attendance at the various coffee-houses to operate in private bargains; but at present we do not hear of any transactions worth noticing. HALF-PAST ONE. POSTED AT THE NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN COFFEE. HOUSE.—" BRISTOL, OCT. 31.—The Great Western steamer was seen on Sunday at seven o'clock in the morning, 135 geographical miles from King's Road. I have no doubt she got to the west of Cape Clear long before twelve o'clock on Sunday night, when the gale came on which for about three hours was to the eastward and south." We hear that a few private bargains in Consols have been done in the Coffeehouse at yesterday's leaving-off prices, but not to any great extent. Consols 93:i for the Account, very few merchants or brokers are in attendance as yet in the City, owing to the rainy weather, and the non-arrival of any Con tinental news of importance ; Spanish also remains at the closing price of 17K, the other Foreign Securities same. Dutch mail not as yet arrived. THREE O' CL O CK. Consols for the Account, 93i NEW RAILWAY.--The Sheffield and Rotheram Railway was opened yeste r d a y. On Monday rimming last, at daybreak, a brig was seen on shore on the Horsebank, a short distance from South port, on which she hsd struck during the night and almost instantly filled with water. The crew, which consisted of the captain, mate, and three seamen, fortunately escaped, the cap tain and two seamen in a most miraculous manner. On the vessel filling with water the mate and one seaman got into the small boat, and before the captain and the other two seamen could get over the side of the vessel the boat drifted away, and it was found impossible at that time to pull her up again. The captain and the two seamen who were left on the wreck, as the only alternative to preserve their lives, let down a small skiff belonging to the brig, and which was so small as to be considered by the two men who had escaped in the boat as quite incapable of being the least assistance to them ; they, however, succeeded in landing at Lytham, but not 'without being capsized in about five feet of water. They were soon rJscued from their perilous situation by some Lytham boat on shore. In the moan t i nts several we men, who.br oull•m anghvitetdhbe o ln at s s af h el L put off from Southport, under the direction of Captain W. Ball and the two seamen who escaped in the boat, the wind blowing a complete hurricane, to render assistance to the captain and men, whom they stlytpoied to be still on the wreck. On reaching the bank, and finding no person there, the boats put off to Lytiiarn, where the unfor. tunate mariners met, and gladly recognised each other. Ti lo name of the vessel is the Edward, of Ulverstor,i., 4, jun d f rom Drogheda to Lancaster, with a cargo of meal, barley, and peas. Part of the rigging has hest ::veil, hut it is feared the cargo will be a total los§. Much praise is du e t o C apta i n Ball for his manly and humane exertions in behalf of these slairreeke4 rivers,.—Liverpool Standard. LLOYD'S SHIPPLN G._(THIS DAY") DEAL, OCT. 3l.—Wind N. W., moderate,—Arrived and, proceeded for the River, the Gir.,ffe, Burns, from Hoban Town ; Emerald. Hill, fp. m Antigua ; Jean Graham, frog India; CLilian, Holton, from South Anietica ; Chadwick, from New York; Claude, Scott, from the \Veg. _ ward ; Union, Arena, from Malaga. Came down from the River, the George Robinson, Hallet, for rn Newfoundland' Sailed the Undaunted, for Jamaica ;__Fidget, for Gibralt ar. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 31.—Wind N. N E. to S. W., Sailed the Nourmzhalgor Llanelly and Brazil ; Royal Geore, Robarts, for Sydney, New South Wales; John Pirie , M a ' thews, for Trinidad; St. Vincent's Planter, for Jamaica. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 30.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the Ha/ re ' Known, from Havre to New Orleans. Sailed the Sultan , Baron, for H a mb urg . - FALMOUTH, OCT. 30.—Wind variable, moderate bree sti, with heavy rain.—Arrived the British Maid, from Stettin. Le LIVERPOOL, O CT . 31.—Wi n d W., mo d erate .—Arrived Mars, Younge r , f rom Q ue b ec • an d N. S. d e Begone, from St. Ander. Off p or t the Thalia, from Calcutta; Car abca ' from Laguna. Sailed the Ann Mandell, Roberts, for De' merara; Daedalus, Wylie, Africa; Midas, Kerr, Demerara. STANGATE CREEK, O CT . 31.—A rr i ve d t h e I sa b e lla, Kea , and Black Cat, Chesser, from Smyrna. • COWES. OCT. 31.—Arrived the Sarah, lki , Coduck , f rolll New Bedford. DARTMOUTH, OCT. 31.—Arrived the Samuel Mindo, N al6 from Newfoundland ; and Elizabeth, Lawson, from Venice. BRISTOL, OCT. 30.—Arrived the Caroline, Brooks, from Tobago. NEWPORT, OCT. r 30.—Arived the Ann, Jo yce, Quebec' CORK, OCT. 29.—Arrived the Eleanor, Gordon, LIMERICK, OCT. 29 —Arrived the Hebe, Elliot, LOllclol3c6 ABERDEEN, OCT. 29. Arrived th e Si r William Wa lla from Quebec : and Sisters, Fulk, from Bathurst. HULL, OCT. 30.—Arrived the Rover, Ducettes, from deaux; Ceres, Patten, from Wyburg ; a nd Carl . 1011. '" Kumple, from Stockholm, leaky. rips YARMOUTH, OCT. 31.—The Amicu s , M a ltby, f ro m d. to Leeds, was abandoned between t h e H um b er an d the w a rt geon—crew saved by the Sarah, Rising, arrived at this P ° from Newcastle. HULL, OCT. 30.—The Carl Joh an , R ump k e , arrived'ha: this port from Stockholm, left Elsinore the 15th instant , at a large fleet, for England, and re p or t s t h at the ma j or pe n t!, into the Swedish and Norwegian h ar b our 12 d ays since. '-'lO hag the gale on Monday, the Carl Johan drove foul of Rosetta, King, of this port, which lost her figure head, slier, her anchor, and proceeded to sea, without further dam, Ocr. 31.—The Juno, Jameson (coal laden), reported yel l ! day, beat over the Tri n ity, an d sun k i n t h e N ort h Chesil . , 00 KINGSTOWN, OCT. 20.—The Liverpool ( stea mer), gr, d L;verpool to New Yo r k, p u t i n t o C ove yesterday, after be" at sea nine days, and, it is reported, all the fuel exhausted. to HARWICH, OCT. 31.—The Lustre, Slater, from New to Loudon, has been assisted into this port very lealch t he with loss of anchor and chain, having been on shore on Bordsen Sand. f r eø BRIDLINGTON, OCT. 30.—The H enry , Williamson, 412 CPO _4O London to Sunderland, h as p ut i nto t hi s port, melt shifted, &c., h av i ng b een th rown on h er b eam en d s , and discharge. frOn i STOCKTON, OCT. 30.—Th e T wo B rot h ers, B re wer, t be Yarmouth to Kirkaldy, sprung a leak at sea, and put jot ° Tees, with cargo damaged, aid must discharge. . the The Newham, Bru c e, f rom Od essa, was towe d into ber Creek, with cargo shifted, &c., having been thrown Oil beam ends during the gale of the 28th ult. t The Adelaide, Ad am s on , f rom L on d on to Havaunab, 8 , 5 i ra c s l‘ back to Plymouth, with d ec k s swept, &e., haying b e en s by a sea on the 28th ult., 160 miles south of Scilly. CORN AVERAGES. if GENERAL AVERAt4E PRICES OF BRITISH fief t, For the Week ended Oct. 'l6, iS3S, made:up from the Itetu r ties,r - Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and ' Imperial Quarter. 1 0i ' Wheat Rs. 4d. I Oats Barley 3ls. Id. Aye IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGE S OF THE FIX W. - PRECEDING. Beans. ..... .• .09'' O. bd. Wheat r4s. 7d. Oats Barley... 3ls. 6d, I Rye DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Oil Wheat......... 225. Sd. Oats 1 l Barley 153. 4d. 1 Rye I ls 9 lis.. 3d. lean r ß oase s . .......+. .........1,1: 611 - at ojw LOAN FUND.--A meeting will be held - ..blisb: o'clock to-day at the Town Hall, for the purpose of e k t,: r elioe ing a Loan Fund Society for this city and neigh°"" tlnit pursuant to the Act of Parliament. All accounts eon, the these Societies h ave con f erre d i nca l culable bless i n gs ? rc s• localities in thich they have been formed—and for ibis o pt son we look forward w i t h muc h anx i ety to the ea tabliso of one of them in Waterford,—Waterford Chronicle. .. 1 i THE QUEEN. - -BIUGHToN.—We are st i l l vir- t Mu w ill information as to the precise day on which the Queen ga arrive at Brighton. It is believed that the time of F ier a c left' jesty's depart ure f rom Wi n d sor w ill not b e fi xe d t ill son: 1 " On cite arrangement has been made with regard to Canada' o , oo ld Palace carp e t s are put d own ; an d t h ree d a ys' notice . 0 .... , be sufficient to pr e par e f or her Majesty's recep ti° Brighton Gazette. PRECURSOR SOCIETY.-The nati ona l confea era ; tion which gives pro m i se o f l ast i ng b enefits to hello: 1c l% rt b of been remodelled on suc h a b as i s as to ensure it the AIN"- the Irish people.— Waterford Chronicle. Af DESPERATE ATTEMPT A T DnourslNG.-- one o'clock this day an old gentleman, very dressed, threw himself off Waterloo Bridge. A lighter s al; who was mar the spot went immediately to hi; assistance , ai :, succeeded in rescuing him. He was conveyed to thek respeo ro ta bli - Palace public•house, where every assistance was rende r ., e „,i On beinc , examined by a medical man, it was discovered_sitp he was dreadful) bruised. We understand that be is ! ! la ce of Germany. No reason for the rash attempt at self-ner . .oe tion has been ascertained : it is thought that the unfortaP man is labouring under insanity. no ciiet . The General Steam N av i gat i on Compaq s t r it werP' Rainbow arr i ve d at h a lf- past fi ve this morn i ng from A lo ot after a p assage o f seventeen h ours and a half, having exPe r strong gales and very rough weather. rn st es, THE LATE HURRI CANE.— O ne o f the ---° r s ot traordinary and miraculous escapes which bas conic unae f 3 0, noticf, during the l a t e ;term, occurred in the house nitboet Rattenbury, 21, South Molton- street, Bond street' b th ° half -past three o'clock, a stack of chimneys fell throng 000 attio, second floor, an d fi rst fl oor, an d the escape of th e° Die A in thes e rooms was most miraculous and providential. seat , who sl e pt i n t h e att i c was carried with the ruins to the tot o f floor, he r b e d w i t h t h e b roken timbers, &c., falling 00 floor" a gentleman, an d t h ence b ot h descended to the fir s ` s a 07 where th e y were up h e ld b y a wrong four post bed-stede,ptie whieh their lives, as well as that of the gentleman w b° ,b e tbr e : the first floo r were pro b a bl y saved. The furn i ture in '0.0,0" room s was completely destroyed, but no personal daraae ii a few slight bruises has been sustained. Georg th An inquest was held yesterday at St. 0 ° Hospital on the body of James Griffiths, who died le re effects of the late scaffold accident at BarVrater• t ,„° ticulars of which have already appeared in The Sus' o f IS of the witnesses, who was on the scaffold at the titn, e bo ar.;,. accident, depo se d t h at d eceased and his fellow -1s 0 ta were hamme r i ng some b r i cks which projecte d ft le, front of the building te make a straight surface., bell formation of moulding, then the cornice above thes"crofr gave way, falling upon them, and carrying away t he te stio ll ing. The foreman of the works corroborated the - clii A l e el of this witness, and added that the men ought to ba ve r ,, r d, 0 the bricks instead of hammering them. Mr. Pouts'' 01 0 was on the spot, desired witness to tell the men T e o e t but they c on ti nue d i n t h e i r work, centending that Qty 0 111 0 no dang er . I mme di ate l y afterwards the cornice fel l ' IP witnesses gave similar evidence. Verdict—Accid ents to Deodand Is. "Please, Sir," says an Irish reaper on Satull : 3oif ti _.,„. a Mr. Ross, the superintendent of the vagrant deP'"Z r e l re land {„ o o, police establishment, "will you give me a Pass Teeth'', ot as I have not a cross to pay my passage." " fla vilC ; e ei° b ;itli fellow," interrogated Mr. Ross, " let me feel the , ; iel the rags which are about you." A slight interferneocoes Paddy's garments brought out 245., which Wa g iio . amongst them.— Glasgow Chronicle. this t ,' ha BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—The works on .„ Li ge h i b e undertaking are progressing with great rapidity DI; forl4 whole extent of the line. At Clayton Hill, the sh e , forw;pt tnnnel are nearly completed, and the drift way is i „,"batk s° if state; while the great work of the railroad, —the e- n e, v at Keymer,—has been commenced by Mr. Thoo, t '',. brs: o o employing a host of labourers. On the Shore" 6 l - 00 I,, ee e the work is in a still more forward state. Near has ' O . of the driftway of the tunnel, under Lashmar's mill' and e e 5 accomplished, and men are engaged on the cuttine u ' r br i4 o f bankments a l ong t h e l i ne for nearly f o ur miles. Fo c0ur,94°,0, have been comp l eted, and three others are, e, e at 1 3 `; the construction, Rails are temporarily laid in du e ' art of for a distance of nearly two miles, and everYj a ' o tte. ~..... work is going on most satisfactorily.—Brighton (-7 00' 4 he IRISH MISCHIEF AND LORD JOHN Ile ! rt . °E , t oti The howl set up by the Times, on getting the r- ree ss ` . ft' Meath meeting, was echoed by Edinburgh know 11° at the ‘ , ye ce Tuesday, in the following words :—" We the the to says the liberal and sympathetic Scot, if whethe r . ts Object el visit of Lord John Russell to Ireland, had for l u ickel l itil l. rekindle the lanotid embers of agitation, and g o of i e ' r e demands of the disaffected Roman Catholics for a itit oeS oo merit of ' justice.' Yet,.if effects afford any If Lorc l ;eo cs sumption to infer causes, the journey of the Noble o h?°' - t ee have been undertaken for other ends than inculcating 1 to the laws, or teaching the people of I Crown, and respect for the Protestant religion. _ d johnl, a ro symptoms that lead us to the conclusion that Loi rnisc hie , o f sion has had some occult connection with Irisb.he CO the proceedings that have just taken place _ I 2 4th , 11 , of Meath, where a great meeting was held 011 tir 0, 6,0 0 0 ,0 relandlliogi°n_no.ther (last Wednesday), ' to petition for the total e niee tinfP aoi l tithes, in substance as well as in name.' 1 7_ e w itbio , ....sio are told, was numerously attended ; the audience the the crowds on the street, ' demonstrating tne o f the p oop )° which were entertained by all classes a f ool the subject under discussion.' " we ma intain: ps i, at: TR& IRISH RAILWAYS.- - local , P! rs h rO s° the first that the opposition was factious, that it i v t ie w te o r u y ld h c a e s r he tai e n i l l of mi sc..- Dow' y already yield me.nt, They did their best in the way to the influenceachieved. B t, o n f :e l . etriit - eh t ier i e a r e s t i tr : e. : according Y' must not :allow the malcontents to rest q uietly ', t,:ef to .e.. public, and they must be punished ac .Evening Poet, -